In response to the pointed question, a young lady standing at the back with striking green eyes and bright golden hair opened her mouth.
Judging by her age, this lady seemed to be the only single court lady, Princess Biella of the House of Illenian.
“Are you serious, Your Majesty?”
With a look of extreme coldness, and an expression as if she had smelled something rotten, she replied.
“What do you mean?”
“My sister died of the epidemic this morning. I have just come to tell you that.”
“…….”
A feeling of her mind going blank washed over her.
What could she possibly say? Although innocent now, the epidemic in the capital was undoubtedly caused by her former self.
But she couldn’t just stand there and look guilty.
“What should I say…… I sincerely express my condolences. I’ll do my best to help with the funeral procedures……”
“Why didn’t you tell us earlier?”
“?”
“That the secondary infection occurs through body fluids. If you had told us a little earlier, I would have confined my sister more tightly.”
“I’m sorry for your sister’s fate, but I only found out about it then myself. If I had known a way to prevent secondary infection earlier, I would have announced it right away.”
Ermedillin didn’t have to act to look sad.
She truly felt tremendous hatred towards her former self and sorrow for the deceased child.
“The funeral is the day after tomorrow. I ask for your attendance.”
Princess Biella simply bowed her head and then left.
Lady Graninia also followed Princess Biella, glaring at Ermedillin with resentful eyes for a moment.
“The princess seems to be heartbroken. How dare she vent her anger on you, Your Majesty? There are so many children dying from the epidemic, and you, who risked contagion to save a child,”
Countess Ellion took Ermedillin’s side with a sly tone, but Ermedillin couldn’t join in.
“By the way, what happened to the heir of that Viscount?”
“Ah, that side. I introduced another wizard. However, the birth had to happen since a curse was cast just before childbirth. Of course, the child died during childbirth, but the mother is fine. It seems that the Count paid quite a fortune for it, and he has purchased a mansion right by the beach.”
“…….”
The feeling of blood rushing to one’s head.
It had been strange from the time when they had asked to kill a fullterm child, but I didn’t know that they would do such a thing just a few days before giving birth.
I hate both.
Whether it’s the father who embraced a young woman without even thinking about his succession, even though he had been wounded a long time ago, or the mother who ran to an old man, attracted by the count’s manipulation and wealth, neither of them are qualified to be parents.
How could they ask to kill a child right before childbirth?
Ermedillin wanted to wash out her ears that had heard this story if only she could. She didn’t understand why she had to hear such words in a novel that should be filled with romance.
Actually, the original work, mainly describing Vallière, was happy and gentle except when Ermedillin appeared.
Though they were in the same novel, the world where the heroine and the villain lived was so different.
“It’s a pity, isn’t it? The wizard who cast the curse, he received a tremendous fee. Perhaps because the count has quite a large share in the mines…….”
“Enough, stop!”
“What?”
“I do not want to hear such a story anymore when people are dying frequently due to the outbreak of an epidemic.”
Upon Ermedillin’s firm words, Lady Countess Elion looked at the empress with a subtle expression.
‘The epidemic that you have caused, why are you like this?’
The unspoken words flowed straight to Ermedillin.
“You people, no, I know what you are thinking. But no. I say no.”
Though her previous self may have been such a person, she is not.
Of course, even in her past life, she wasn’t completely materialistic. She had occasionally judged others by appearances.
But to that extent, merely ordinary vanity.
At a truly critical moment, she was a person with universal goodness who could not act selfishly.
“I am not such a person.”
Yes, the owner of this body has changed now.
There is no need to follow the former owner’s track.
She must clearly show that she is a different person, entirely different from before.
Ermedillin’s mysterious purple eyes stared unshakenly at Lady Countess Elion.
“That’s right. Your Majesty the Empress is different from those people.”
The countess, a hundred steps ahead in tact, made a bright wrinkle around her eyes and bowed to the empress.
“I am planning to establish an orphanage using the inheritance of the duchy I have just inherited.”
“An orphanage?”
“Yes. A facility to take care of orphans who have lost their parents due to the epidemic.”
“What a wonderful thought! Is there anything I can help you with?”
“Why not? I plan to set it up with my donation, but if contributions from other nobles are added, it would be better. It would be nice if Lady Countess Elion could check on it?”
“Certainly. We must spread the word about such good deeds.”
“Thank you.”
Certainly, smart people are easy to deal with. Of course, you shouldn’t show your weaknesses, but in any case, there’s nothing good to say between the countess and me.
“But Your Majesty the Empress……”
I wish she would leave now, but Lady Countess Elion lowered her voice and sent a signal that there was more to say.
“Why is that?”
“The judgment was disappointing. To dare lay hands on the body of a god on earth, yet the punishment was not only mitigated but also maintained as a plot.”
“What can be done. The judgment is not my responsibility.”
The original goal was to collect the borrowed money. Ermedillin tried not to dwell on the trial result, but this persistent maid seemed to have different thoughts.
“After all, the Emperor must feel burdened. Isn’t it a public fact that he used the curse of the Duke’s family to kill his halfbrothers?”
What is this talk about?
The Emperor killed his halfbrothers with a curse? A completely new fact not found in the original work.
In the novel, many incidents unrelated to the heroine’s narrative were apparently omitted.
Even if it is said to be a public fact, one cannot entirely believe this woman’s words.
Ermedillin furrowed her brow, pretending not to know, and glared at the Countess.
“The healthy brothers suddenly died mysterious deaths one after the other. If not the Fransuah family, what wizard could freely use such a curse? I am not particularly blaming. Thanks to that, didn’t we weed out the riffraff and a true Emperor ascend to the throne?”
“Don’t speak so rashly, Countess.”
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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